Comments on: Study blasts training methods like Millan’s http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/22/study-criticizes-training-methods-like-millans/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: NJS http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/22/study-criticizes-training-methods-like-millans/comment-page-1/#comment-5195 NJS Sun, 24 May 2009 21:53:54 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9067#comment-5195 Study or not, Cesar has saved many dogs from euthanasia and are happy, well adjusted family pets. I don't understand why people think Cesar is abusive? Abuse is putting a dog capable of rehabilitation to death in my opinion. Study or not, Cesar has saved many dogs from euthanasia and are happy, well adjusted family pets. I don’t understand why people think Cesar is abusive? Abuse is putting a dog capable of rehabilitation to death in my opinion.

]]> By: James Webster http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/22/study-criticizes-training-methods-like-millans/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 James Webster Sun, 24 May 2009 12:07:36 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9067#comment-3910 I don't know where you have been Rawlinson "said that academics are slow to suggest alternatives usually because they don’t know any." You didn't read C.W. Meisterfeld. He was saying dominant training caused dog behavior problems since before 1989 I don’t know where you have been Rawlinson “said that academics are slow to suggest alternatives usually because they don’t know any.” You didn’t read C.W. Meisterfeld. He was saying dominant training caused dog behavior problems since before 1989

]]> By: Shaamex http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/22/study-criticizes-training-methods-like-millans/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Shaamex Sat, 23 May 2009 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9067#comment-2536 The study is just that, a study. The oppinons are just that , and what works is what works. I have never seen a more individual approach than what Cesar Millan takes. Its tailored to what that dog needs and what the owners should do to help that dog. And dogs do try to rule the house just because some people can't see it at first doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Somebody out there is stepping up their fear that Cesar is effective, but its too late he's starting on season six. Popularity isn't always bad. The study is just that, a study. The oppinons are just that , and what works is what works. I have never seen a more individual approach than what Cesar Millan takes. Its tailored to what that dog needs and what the owners should do to help that dog. And dogs do try to rule the house just because some people can’t see it at first doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Somebody out there is stepping up their fear that Cesar is effective, but its too late he’s starting on season six. Popularity isn’t always bad.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/22/study-criticizes-training-methods-like-millans/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Lisa Fri, 22 May 2009 23:08:15 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9067#comment-1386 I am not a dog trainer, and my experiences are pretty limited to my experiences with my own dogs. So take me with a grain of salt. However, based on those limited experiences, I think that the biggest problem with dog training is a common one--people want easy solutions. The dogs I've trained have mostly been my own dogs, and training them has always been a pretty individualized process. I base what I do on my knowledge of my individual dog--quirks, mannerisms, motivations, fears, etc.--rather than a simplistic, universal theory. Every dog I've known has been a lot more complicated than a simple dominance-submission equation or innocent selfishness theory. I think it's possible to gain insight from a lot of different theories of dog training, but for me, anyway, the key has always been knowing my individual dogs. But that doesn't have the simple, formulaic appeal of most popular dog training solutions. I am not a dog trainer, and my experiences are pretty limited to my experiences with my own dogs. So take me with a grain of salt.

However, based on those limited experiences, I think that the biggest problem with dog training is a common one–people want easy solutions. The dogs I’ve trained have mostly been my own dogs, and training them has always been a pretty individualized process. I base what I do on my knowledge of my individual dog–quirks, mannerisms, motivations, fears, etc.–rather than a simplistic, universal theory.

Every dog I’ve known has been a lot more complicated than a simple dominance-submission equation or innocent selfishness theory.

I think it’s possible to gain insight from a lot of different theories of dog training, but for me, anyway, the key has always been knowing my individual dogs. But that doesn’t have the simple, formulaic appeal of most popular dog training solutions.

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